On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:21:16 +0300
Peter Volkov <pva@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Some time ago I've modified stardict.eclass and added optional
> possibility based on 'gzip' USE flag to compress index and dict data
> files. But I realized too late that I need to document this USE flag
> somewhere, and since it'll do similar things for all stardict-*
> dictionaries (heh, more than 5 packages...) I'm going to add it as
> global USE flag. Also since gzip USE flag already exist in
> x11-misc/openclipart I'll change 'gzip' to 'gzip-dict'. So if there
> will be no objections I'll add new 'gzip-dict' global USE flag in 2-3
> days from now.

What's the point of having this as an option at all? Is it really
something that affects the end user in any way? Or is it just
gratuitous choisiosity?

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh